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mike dukakis was a guy that wouldn't pledge allegiance to the united states, somehow a card-carrying member of the aclu. all this dark, kind of referencing. they're not really one of us. but then with e et facr, becae heas aane and he's black, the doubling down on this, well, he's not one of us. >> right. race adds to this, to the armament they're using he. it's a huge factor in this. but what i think is interesting is that this seems to renate theate ama crowd t doesn't seem to be resonating a lot with other folks. and -- >> it already has. but why are -- you cover politics. why do they keep puttingut this stuff? night, he's the craziest -- not the craziest, the meanest. to use a kid's words, but he is, saying he's not american. sununu who looks like their watch dog, attacdog saying, can't he learn how to be an american? they don't say thaout walter moe,n'y a o. they said that about bob dole. >> they don't say it in this way. they're throwing this against the wall and hoping it will stick. again, it seems to crge the people who have already made up their minds, made up their minds y
mike dukakis was a guy that wouldn't pledge allegiance to the united states, somehow a card-carrying member of the aclu. all this dark, kind of referencing. they're not really one of us. but then with e et facr, becae heas aane and he's black, the doubling down on this, well, he's not one of us. >> right. race adds to this, to the armament they're using he. it's a huge factor in this. but what i think is interesting is that this seems to renate theate ama crowd t doesn't seem to be...
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we have a greatest hits. 2010 when first the united states started to go followed by britain, spain,hees and then 33 delegations walked out. even costa rica snubbed iran that year. in may 22 nations giving him the one f salute while he kept talking. my favorite, it happened to take them in front of his podium to hno n md of much applause.
we have a greatest hits. 2010 when first the united states started to go followed by britain, spain,hees and then 33 delegations walked out. even costa rica snubbed iran that year. in may 22 nations giving him the one f salute while he kept talking. my favorite, it happened to take them in front of his podium to hno n md of much applause.
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we have a greatest hits. 2010 when first the united states started to go followed by britain, spain, the swedes and then 33 deletions walked out. c rsnd that year. in may 22 nations giving him the one finger salute while he kept talking. myor ippened ttake them in front of his podium to the sound of much applause. he has another nine months in office. so glad. so maybe we will get to celebrate walk out on ahmadinejad day. but until then, i take great comfort in showing him what we think himo fa
we have a greatest hits. 2010 when first the united states started to go followed by britain, spain, the swedes and then 33 deletions walked out. c rsnd that year. in may 22 nations giving him the one finger salute while he kept talking. myor ippened ttake them in front of his podium to the sound of much applause. he has another nine months in office. so glad. so maybe we will get to celebrate walk out on ahmadinejad day. but until then, i take great comfort in showing him what we think himo fa
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as he's finding out, that's not the way the game plays if you want to be leader of the united states. >> there are chinks in his armor, by thway. he didn't count on the knight from arkansas showing up either, bill cnton. >> sir lancelot. >> sir lancelot shed up in the fiel and he's not the guy to jouinth thank you, to complete the last reference to that metaphor. >>> coming up, more right wing vitriol. newt gingrich said president obama isn't a real president, he said that last night, he says he's a false president. when will this rig wing effort stop to stop the legitimacy of issi? l a t reltless campaign. >>> also, the lead president obama enjoys in the polls may be helping democrats on otherob niwetao se senate. candidate whose fortunes are on the rise, wisconsin's tammy baldwin. mitt romney isn't succeeding as a solo act so the romney campaign is putting mitt romney and paul ryan on the campaign trail together,t karaoke duet, i guess. what does it tell you the big draw on the republican ticket is the number two guy? let me finish tonight with how the democratic party has a huge op
as he's finding out, that's not the way the game plays if you want to be leader of the united states. >> there are chinks in his armor, by thway. he didn't count on the knight from arkansas showing up either, bill cnton. >> sir lancelot. >> sir lancelot shed up in the fiel and he's not the guy to jouinth thank you, to complete the last reference to that metaphor. >>> coming up, more right wing vitriol. newt gingrich said president obama isn't a real president, he said...
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but mitt romney accepted the nomination to be president of the united states of america without a single word for the more than 80,000 americans who are serving right now in afghanistan. in an attempt to explain why that happened or why everybody should be okay with it, a senior romney campaign aide, my friend, eric fernstrom, argued that mr. romney addressed the war in afghanistan just the day before his convention speech, when he spoke to the american legion in indiana. in that american legion speech, it's true, mr. romney did say two sentences about the war in afghanistan. literally, here's exactly what he said. "we are still at war in afghanistan. we still have uniformed men and women in conflict, risking their lives." that's it. those are the two sentences that he uttered the day before his convention speech. and that treatment of the war that we're in right now is why his campaign says he didn't have anything left to say about our current war the following day when he was accepting the nomination. i guess those two sentences exhausted it for him, pretty much. the day after the repu
but mitt romney accepted the nomination to be president of the united states of america without a single word for the more than 80,000 americans who are serving right now in afghanistan. in an attempt to explain why that happened or why everybody should be okay with it, a senior romney campaign aide, my friend, eric fernstrom, argued that mr. romney addressed the war in afghanistan just the day before his convention speech, when he spoke to the american legion in indiana. in that american...
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. >> does the president of the united states call on people to pray for those lives lost? no he calls on people to observe a moment of silence and then go out and do some community service. he proclaims today as patriot day and national day of service and remembrance and go perform community service to remember those who lost their lives. >> he does say at the end of it that he signs it on the tenth day of september in the year of our lord, so god is mentioned there, but no mention of the word god anywhere in his message to the american people. >> not only is it petty, it's untrue. they forgot to mention president bush's patriot day prom la magss which did not include the word god either. and they also ignored one from last friday calling for a national day of prayer to commemorate 9/11 and asking americans to unify through god's grace. it's not surprising to see this kind of disrespect coming from fox news. but even republican leaders in the house used 9/11 to beat up the president over defense spending. >> the the best thing that we can do as a people to honor those indi
. >> does the president of the united states call on people to pray for those lives lost? no he calls on people to observe a moment of silence and then go out and do some community service. he proclaims today as patriot day and national day of service and remembrance and go perform community service to remember those who lost their lives. >> he does say at the end of it that he signs it on the tenth day of september in the year of our lord, so god is mentioned there, but no mention...
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states. in ohio he's increased his lead over mitt romney from three points to five points. in north carolina which hosted the convention, mr. obama had been behind in the polls. he's not got a 1-point lead. in terms of national polling, after the republicans did their convention, mr. obama and romney were tied in cnn's poll of likely voters. but today the new cnn poll came out and shows obama with a 6-point lead. the gallup poll shows the same thing. while romney experienced no bounce, mr. obama has opened up a 5-point lead. the president's job approval rating also spiked to its highest level since right after the killing of osama bin laden. knew mer kl speaking, president obama seemed to have the more successful convention this year. mr. romney did not do a post convention campaign tour as candidates almost always do. instead he took some time off and went boat iing in new hampshire. he was pretty much off the campaign trail. it indicated he was debate prepping or maybe retooling his campaig
states. in ohio he's increased his lead over mitt romney from three points to five points. in north carolina which hosted the convention, mr. obama had been behind in the polls. he's not got a 1-point lead. in terms of national polling, after the republicans did their convention, mr. obama and romney were tied in cnn's poll of likely voters. but today the new cnn poll came out and shows obama with a 6-point lead. the gallup poll shows the same thing. while romney experienced no bounce, mr....
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the united states drew a clear red line, and iran backed off. now, redes cld be drawn in different parts of iran's nuclear weapons program. to be credible a red line must be dra first andforemost in one vital part of their ogram. on's efforts to enrich uranium. now, let me explain why. basically any bomb consists of exosive material and a the simplest example is gunpdeand a fuse. that is you light the fuse, and you set off the gunpowder. in the case of iran's plans t build a nuclearweapon, the gunpowder is enriched uranium. th fuses nardetonator. for iran amassing enough enriched uranium is far more difficult than producing the nuclear fuse. for a country like iran, it takes many, many yrs tic uranium for a bomb. that requires thousands of centrifuges spinning in tandem in big, very big industrial plants. those iranian plants a visie, and they're still vulnerable. in contrast, iran could produce the nuclear detonator, the fuse, in a lot less time. maybe under a year. e detonator can be made in a small workshop the size of a classroom. it may be
the united states drew a clear red line, and iran backed off. now, redes cld be drawn in different parts of iran's nuclear weapons program. to be credible a red line must be dra first andforemost in one vital part of their ogram. on's efforts to enrich uranium. now, let me explain why. basically any bomb consists of exosive material and a the simplest example is gunpdeand a fuse. that is you light the fuse, and you set off the gunpowder. in the case of iran's plans t build a nuclearweapon, the...
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in the united states that have law that's have never even emerged. if you were to ask me, somebody who studies the muslim and the arab world, to study the content of the laws, they really don't exist. >> president's reelection campaign is nations it a central foreign policy achievement. i also also have just a little bit of a, like, is there any way in which that continues to make us think that muslims are our enemy? >> let's make the hate of death in our world. you can stand up for the dignity of someone else, and i'm proud that muslims are praying with sikh-americans. we're better together and we have to build that country. >> what gives me hope is a rising generation. the kids in oak creek, melissa asked me to give you this bracelet. they wanted me to thank you for not forgetting them on this never anniversary. >> thank you, i will not try on television. they're all for being here. valerie is going to stick around for the next hour, and when we come back the solution to our divided government. capella university understands rough economic times ha
in the united states that have law that's have never even emerged. if you were to ask me, somebody who studies the muslim and the arab world, to study the content of the laws, they really don't exist. >> president's reelection campaign is nations it a central foreign policy achievement. i also also have just a little bit of a, like, is there any way in which that continues to make us think that muslims are our enemy? >> let's make the hate of death in our world. you can stand up for...
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the president made it no longer the policy of the united states to torture, but his administration also decided to let the people who did torture get away with it. and the man he is running against for president now says that he would happily reinstate the old bush era policies on torturing people on waterboarding. prosecutions for torture would have made this a latter of law and justice and negativity policy. not prosecuting it makes it just another policy issue, just another choice between candidates. just another choice that any president can make moving forward because there is a precedent of it being known in this country and unprosecuted in this country and therefore, effectively legalized which means as long ago and as far as away as 2004 seems from this year and this election, the american people have another choice to make in this election between torturing people or not. that is still not a settled matter for us as a nation. it's just a decision made by one man depending on who's in that office. the past is never dead. it is not even past. here's what happened... i was talking
the president made it no longer the policy of the united states to torture, but his administration also decided to let the people who did torture get away with it. and the man he is running against for president now says that he would happily reinstate the old bush era policies on torturing people on waterboarding. prosecutions for torture would have made this a latter of law and justice and negativity policy. not prosecuting it makes it just another policy issue, just another choice between...
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one virginians said if you want to see barack obama re-elected president of the united states, do whatever you can for virgil goode. they challenged his spot on the ballot and they said put him on the ballot anyway, and he's going to be on the ballot unless virginia's attorney general, this guy, decides to kick virgil goode off the ballot. he's been campaigning for mitt romney including last week at the republican convention. under virginia law, he gets to decide whether virgil goode gets his name on the ballot or not. look at the headline, he promises he will be absolutely objective, absolutely objective about this whom thing. absolutely. virginia is getting three different mitt romney ads this week. virginia, ohio, new hampshire, iowa, colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. that's it, that's the election. that is who the country is counting on to handle this decision about the presidency for the rest of us, eight states. so when stuff gets weird in one of those eight states, when something like virgil goode happens in one of those eight states, while that might be a weird side bar vi
one virginians said if you want to see barack obama re-elected president of the united states, do whatever you can for virgil goode. they challenged his spot on the ballot and they said put him on the ballot anyway, and he's going to be on the ballot unless virginia's attorney general, this guy, decides to kick virgil goode off the ballot. he's been campaigning for mitt romney including last week at the republican convention. under virginia law, he gets to decide whether virgil goode gets his...
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states, but if the united states reacts against these mod moderate goech moderate governments, it makes the democratic government weaker. >> so what are we left to do as a country? >> work with these governments. they want to support us. want jobs, they want democracy, all the values we've been preaching, but it takes a while to get there. and you're dealing with unlevel education, high levels of unemployment, lots of frustration among young people, some goes back years and years. and i had lamb whiislam which h they didn't stand the chance. so there's sense of sort of us against them. and all of these factors weigh into this equation. but the majority of the people, and certainly the governments in these countries, they value their relationship with the united states, they don't want anything to happen to it, they're strongly pro american, but they're -- >> that's despite what we see in the streets. >> of course. this is a small minority of people. very small minority. >> we appreciate your perspective, sir. thank you for your time. >>> up next, mitt romney has spent an awful lot of ti
states, but if the united states reacts against these mod moderate goech moderate governments, it makes the democratic government weaker. >> so what are we left to do as a country? >> work with these governments. they want to support us. want jobs, they want democracy, all the values we've been preaching, but it takes a while to get there. and you're dealing with unlevel education, high levels of unemployment, lots of frustration among young people, some goes back years and years....
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mitt romney knows he needs ohio if he wants to become the next president of the united states. luckily, the judge didn't buy the bogus argument, everyone in the state now has equal access to the polls the way it's supposed to be in america. this decision is a huge victory for democracy and the obama administration because the man who wins ohio is probably going to be the next president of the united states. but they may have tricks still up their sleeve. for more on that, let's go to ohio state senator nina turner. senator, great to have you with us tonight. first of all, put into context for us just how big a ruling this is in favor of democracy? >> it's extraordinary, ed. the u.s. district judge did rule, as you have so eloquently illustrated for your viewers, that it is unconstitutional, the statute that was set up by the ohio general assembly is unconstitutional and all voters will have equal access to the ballot the last three days before election day. this is extraordinary for democracy in ohio. and also on monday, ed, lot us not forget, another u.s. district judge ruled
mitt romney knows he needs ohio if he wants to become the next president of the united states. luckily, the judge didn't buy the bogus argument, everyone in the state now has equal access to the polls the way it's supposed to be in america. this decision is a huge victory for democracy and the obama administration because the man who wins ohio is probably going to be the next president of the united states. but they may have tricks still up their sleeve. for more on that, let's go to ohio state...
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but mitt romney does have to make the case why he should be president of the united states. i think he's been able to do that several times but he's got to do it forcefully over the next 48 days. >> there is a new "usa today" gallup poll swing states that finds more than one in five registered voters say they don't know who they're going to vote for or they could change their mind. we've been talking a lot about this very small, some people say six, eight, 10%. what are you going to be looking for over the next seven weeks that's going to tell you whether or not this race could swing one way or another definitively? >> i think you got to look at, you know, key battlegrounds. you know, does the president grow his lead in those key battlegrounds? right now you have national polls, kind of an interesting dynamic. national polls are a bit tighter. but then you look at the certain battleground polls in particular what governor romney needs to win in order to have a path to win. ohio, florida, virginia depending on the polls he is down in all three of them. in ohio in particular.
but mitt romney does have to make the case why he should be president of the united states. i think he's been able to do that several times but he's got to do it forcefully over the next 48 days. >> there is a new "usa today" gallup poll swing states that finds more than one in five registered voters say they don't know who they're going to vote for or they could change their mind. we've been talking a lot about this very small, some people say six, eight, 10%. what are you...
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i've been steadfast in my beliefs as the surgeon general of the united states and after. i thought there was a great plan in not disadvantaging the children and allowing us to have a dream act. i still believe that's the path rwar ithet onab way to settle this divisive battle that brings no value to the american public. >> i want to get back to health care. that's your strength and you're the exrt on it. do you believe iuniversa heal care? youievemen should have it? >> as i said in the opening remarks, i believe every american should have access to a basic set of health care benefits. i am okay with the marketplace, i'm okay with competitio in fact, if you look at almost every plan in the last few years and what wdo in our states now,t alcobl care organizations. let's measure what we do. let's make everybody more accountable.
i've been steadfast in my beliefs as the surgeon general of the united states and after. i thought there was a great plan in not disadvantaging the children and allowing us to have a dream act. i still believe that's the path rwar ithet onab way to settle this divisive battle that brings no value to the american public. >> i want to get back to health care. that's your strength and you're the exrt on it. do you believe iuniversa heal care? youievemen should have it? >> as i said in...
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his remarks come nearly a week after anti-islam video made here in the united states sparked violent demonstrations in about 20 countries. >>> the fbi has arrested an 18-year-old man in chicago on what they say is a thwarted call bomb blot. he had been given a phony device by fbi agents. he allegedly planned to detonate the bomb outside a downtown nightclub. >>> and lawyers for england's prince william and kate middle ton will be in a paris courtroom tomorrow. they are trying to stop further publication of topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. an italian magazine said it plans to publish more picks of kate middle ton tomorrow. >>> political play of the week we think it's mitt romney's early criticism of the handling of the attacks on our consulate in libya and our embassy in cairo. romney issued that tuesday night. wednesday, he didn't back down in his criticism of the obama administration. >> they clearly sent mixed messages to the world and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is the administration. the statement that came from the administration wa
his remarks come nearly a week after anti-islam video made here in the united states sparked violent demonstrations in about 20 countries. >>> the fbi has arrested an 18-year-old man in chicago on what they say is a thwarted call bomb blot. he had been given a phony device by fbi agents. he allegedly planned to detonate the bomb outside a downtown nightclub. >>> and lawyers for england's prince william and kate middle ton will be in a paris courtroom tomorrow. they are trying...
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there is no voter fraud in the united states of america. and i hope the public can come to the conclusion that all of a sudden republicans are moving to do this so there must be a problem and i can tell you there is a problem and that is the fear of a huge turnout and that would put barack obama back in office for four more years. >> thank you so much for staying around the talk to us. we mentioned last night john lewis spoke about this and he told the story of he and a friend being beaten after entering a whites only waiting room in rock hill, south carolina back in 1961. >> a few years ago a man from rock hill inspired by president obama's election came forward. he came to my office in washington and said i am one of the people who beat you. i want to apologize. will you forgive me? i said i accept your apology. he started crying. he gave me a hug. i hugged him back. and we both started crying. this man and i don't want to go back, we don't want to go back. ? get. out. exactly! really?! [ mom ] what? shut the front door. right? woop-woop!
there is no voter fraud in the united states of america. and i hope the public can come to the conclusion that all of a sudden republicans are moving to do this so there must be a problem and i can tell you there is a problem and that is the fear of a huge turnout and that would put barack obama back in office for four more years. >> thank you so much for staying around the talk to us. we mentioned last night john lewis spoke about this and he told the story of he and a friend being...
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i divided it by the number of americans in the united states. it's about $7,000 for every man, woman, and child in the united states. there are people starting to wonder if it would have just have been effective to write a check to people, let them have $7,000 apiece and reinvest that in the economy by spending. having said that the markets have taken off, off to the races on this. this is ben bernanke saying we're all in at the poker table. there's no way we're going to stop doing this until the unemployment rate comes back down. by saying that, it makes it really difficult for anybody in the market to bet against that, to say interest rates will come up soon. stocks a much better place to put your money, 1.8 on the 10-year note or stocks or commodities or something else that might be taking off. that's why yesterday the market was up about 1.5% for the dow, now at its highest levels since december 2007. the nasdaq at their highest levels since november of 2000 because nobody wants to bet against the fed. >> gold, silver, platinum, too. >> all
i divided it by the number of americans in the united states. it's about $7,000 for every man, woman, and child in the united states. there are people starting to wonder if it would have just have been effective to write a check to people, let them have $7,000 apiece and reinvest that in the economy by spending. having said that the markets have taken off, off to the races on this. this is ben bernanke saying we're all in at the poker table. there's no way we're going to stop doing this until...
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i would like to cut off the eastern end of the united states. not 47% but a big chunk of it. here's what barry goldwater said which is similar to what romney got caught saying in boca raton. let's get rid of the part of the country we don't like. >> in a saturday evening post article, barry goldwater said, "sometimes i think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea." can a man who makes statements like this be expected to serve all of the people, justly and fairly? >> well, it looks like governor romney would like to saw off 47% of the country there. john heilemann, don't you like the voice of that old tv commercial? that is what i call authoritative, that voice. >> totally awesome. look, i think that, you know, we -- it's -- it's -- it's hard for us to criticize governor romney. last week we were saying, you know, it's terrible this thing he said, earlier this week -- terrible, you need to want to be the president of all americans. for him to try to right that ship and in effect apologize, although he didn't c
i would like to cut off the eastern end of the united states. not 47% but a big chunk of it. here's what barry goldwater said which is similar to what romney got caught saying in boca raton. let's get rid of the part of the country we don't like. >> in a saturday evening post article, barry goldwater said, "sometimes i think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea." can a man who makes statements like this be...
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romney, the republican nominee for president of the united states. exactly who is he and just what does he stand for? >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. >> we need people who recognize that pro-life is the way to go. >> people often say, well, who is the real mitt romney? is it the liberal, the moderate, the conservative? >> i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> it's really all of those things. >> in this hour, the making of a presidential candidate. his rise through business and politics. >> we took on an entrenched machine and we won. >> what forces have shaped the man? my dad was a huge presence in my life. i wish he were able to see what i'm up to right now. >> i believe in my mormon faith and i endeavor to live by it. >> all of these folks who have worked with him throughout his life are still right there beside him. that just tells you everything you need to know about his character. >> there are people who know him personally who say he's a very warm and engaging person. i wish i had met that p
romney, the republican nominee for president of the united states. exactly who is he and just what does he stand for? >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. >> we need people who recognize that pro-life is the way to go. >> people often say, well, who is the real mitt romney? is it the liberal, the moderate, the conservative? >> i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> it's really all of those things. >> in this...
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this is the president of the united states talking. particularly when he talks on auto industry issues in ohio, he has a lot of credibility. people believe in what he's saying, particularly on this issue. >> the protests all over the muslim world called into question what had been a strong point for the president up to this moment, foreign policy. here's what was said a little bit earlier. take a listen to this. >> what we see is the president's policies in the middle east falling apart. the reality is is president got elected to reset our relationship in the middle east. we might as well not have had the reset. >> rudy giuliani with that comment there. the polls give the president is substantial lead on foreign policy. to the point that morris was also making here, do republicans have an opening because of what happened last week? >> republicans have to be very careful on jumping the gun too soon as we saw with the romney campaign on tuesday. that doesn't mean that they can't come out and state what they believe is the best policies g
this is the president of the united states talking. particularly when he talks on auto industry issues in ohio, he has a lot of credibility. people believe in what he's saying, particularly on this issue. >> the protests all over the muslim world called into question what had been a strong point for the president up to this moment, foreign policy. here's what was said a little bit earlier. take a listen to this. >> what we see is the president's policies in the middle east falling...
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we have muslim americans here in the united states. we value them and cherish them. there are muslim americans that died in the twin towers. >> obama walked that statement back. >> it's set aside for daily prayer worshipping. to make that statement i think was correct. >> governor, obama eventually walked that statement back and said, it's not our position. so i'm just wondering -- >> not in our position in the wake of subsequent violence. certainly it is a position that we respect and value all religion and therefore the united states government abhors films like the film that is at controversy here. does anybody want to speak up and say that film's a great idea? >> no. i don't think so. no. >> raise your hand, republicans. >> well, thank you for joining us. you're a "cycle" regular. we'll see you soon. up next, foreign policy gets personal. obama versus romney on the u.s. and the world. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we
we have muslim americans here in the united states. we value them and cherish them. there are muslim americans that died in the twin towers. >> obama walked that statement back. >> it's set aside for daily prayer worshipping. to make that statement i think was correct. >> governor, obama eventually walked that statement back and said, it's not our position. so i'm just wondering -- >> not in our position in the wake of subsequent violence. certainly it is a position that...
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states. both campaigns quietly admit the president is ahead. the four candidates barnstormed through seven states over the last 72 hours. on "meet the press" mitt romney laid out the task ahead of him. >> i have really two months to be able to convince people i can do a better job than the incumbent. >> vice president biden has set up shop in ohio to give voters an almost daily reminder that romney once suggested it would be best to, quote, let detroit go bankrupt. on "meet the press" romney did his best to shrink the distance between himself and the obama/biden ticket on that very issue with an altered explanation. >> my view was general motors should have gone into bankruptcy earlier. the president resisted that for months. i said, let them go into bankruptcy. help them come out but let them go in. i don't think most americans know that gm went bankrupt. >> it's that last sentence there. in other words, hey, it wasn't just me that was for bankruptcy. so was he. romney also clarified his opp
states. both campaigns quietly admit the president is ahead. the four candidates barnstormed through seven states over the last 72 hours. on "meet the press" mitt romney laid out the task ahead of him. >> i have really two months to be able to convince people i can do a better job than the incumbent. >> vice president biden has set up shop in ohio to give voters an almost daily reminder that romney once suggested it would be best to, quote, let detroit go bankrupt. on...
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this is the energy here, the energy across the united states, people are excited. i think it's a myth that people think the energy's not there like 2008. but it is. >> what do you think is at stake, especially for women in this election? >> i mean, think what's so dangerous or what's frustrating is to find the battles we've already won as women. why are we revisiting a lot things that we've already fought for and won? for me, you know, women's health care, equal pay, everything that obama has done for us in advancing our agenda as women, in advancing the country. i would hate to see that dismantled, and that scares me. >> in your home state of texas, you were born and raised in corpus christi, and you talked to the convention about that. in texas they cut off the funding for planned parenthood. she refuse to accept federal dollars. >> which is irresponsible, because planned parenthood provides so many other services that health low income women, cervical cancer screenings, mammograms, not only contraception and abortion. that's a small part of it. i grew up with pl
this is the energy here, the energy across the united states, people are excited. i think it's a myth that people think the energy's not there like 2008. but it is. >> what do you think is at stake, especially for women in this election? >> i mean, think what's so dangerous or what's frustrating is to find the battles we've already won as women. why are we revisiting a lot things that we've already fought for and won? for me, you know, women's health care, equal pay, everything that...
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secretary of state clinton made it clear our mission is to honor these men and their legacy, united as americans. >> they help make the united states the greatest force for peace, progress, and human dignity the world has ever known. if the last few days teach us anything, let it be this, that this work and the men and women who risk their lives to do it are at the heart of what makes america great and good. so we will wipe away our tears, stiffen our spines and face the future undaunted and we will do it together, protecting and helping one another just like sean, tyrone, glen, and chris always did. >> the secretary of state wants us to remember these american heroes, as a country united, facing a future together. its leadership and strength we need at this time in our history. today anti-american protests are spreading across the globe, through africa, the middle east, and asia. it is a tense scene across the region and today we're getting our first look at the scene of the attack inside the u.s. consulate in libya. awful images of where the four americans were killed. without questi
secretary of state clinton made it clear our mission is to honor these men and their legacy, united as americans. >> they help make the united states the greatest force for peace, progress, and human dignity the world has ever known. if the last few days teach us anything, let it be this, that this work and the men and women who risk their lives to do it are at the heart of what makes america great and good. so we will wipe away our tears, stiffen our spines and face the future undaunted...
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i mean, disappointment in that you have a candidate for president of the united states of america, from one of our two major parties, who essentially, very easily and dismissivedismissively, wrote off half the country. what about the 20 million senior citizen who don't pay income taxes? are they victims? what about our veterans? what about middle class, hard-working families? it's just -- it's just incredibly disappointing. and i'll tell you, just a quick story. i was home in my district this morning, and i was in a supermarket. and i was ordering lunch. and the woman on the other side of the counter recognized me. and she said, oh, my gosh, she said, what that man said -- she said, i'm not a victim. i mean, this is how deeply that has sunk in. that's what i think the problem is. >> i think it is sinking in. and republicans in senate and house races, as i said just a moment ago, are going to have to go home and answer to this. what do they think about this? this is putting them in a real tough spot. do you really think that this is going to affect races? is this a real opening for the d
i mean, disappointment in that you have a candidate for president of the united states of america, from one of our two major parties, who essentially, very easily and dismissivedismissively, wrote off half the country. what about the 20 million senior citizen who don't pay income taxes? are they victims? what about our veterans? what about middle class, hard-working families? it's just -- it's just incredibly disappointing. and i'll tell you, just a quick story. i was home in my district this...
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catastrophic damage to the united states' economy and u.s. in general. that's something we have to keep in mind. is the threat there? yeah, it's there. a lot less than what it was but it's there and we have to remain vigilant. >> evan coleman, nbc terrorism analyst, thank you for your insight. >> that's going to wrap things up for me. stay with msnbc tomorrow for special coverage of the 9/11 terror attacks. "now with alex wagner" is coming up. >> governor mitt romney's map quest while president obama gets polling and fund-raising bumps team romney concedes a narrowing path to the white house. we will crunch numbers with peter hart, plus the romney ticket spends the weekend focusing on god while doing a loop de loop on budget policy. is this election still just about the economy? and we're going inside the victory lap. we'll ask slate's sasha issenberg about his book and the science of winning in a campaign. all of that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. with the spark cash card from capital one, sven's home security gets the most reward
catastrophic damage to the united states' economy and u.s. in general. that's something we have to keep in mind. is the threat there? yeah, it's there. a lot less than what it was but it's there and we have to remain vigilant. >> evan coleman, nbc terrorism analyst, thank you for your insight. >> that's going to wrap things up for me. stay with msnbc tomorrow for special coverage of the 9/11 terror attacks. "now with alex wagner" is coming up. >> governor mitt...
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as you look at the sun rising over the united states capitol. time for our must-read op-ed. this morning, "the wall street jourl." "it's always the economy, stupid. what mr. oma won say i t nancial crisis resulted from the implosion of a housing market transformed into a toxic landfill by congress, regulators, fannie, fredd and mortgage packagers. the bush policy was a bystander. also left unsaid by mr. obama but free for the telling by mr. romney is that as the u.s. unemployment rate hit 9.5% in june 2009 and a shocked public was looking for a response, the new president introduced the afrdabar a for the next few months. when mr. obama signed the law into march in 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.8%. if a opponen wanted to scribe this in partisan terms, he might saytrent edn entitlement dream while the economy burned. >> i think there's a certain spin on it. i think the president's argument would be when you become president, you usually get a couple years to getour big things done. health care was something he identified early on as a big thing that needed to get done, an
as you look at the sun rising over the united states capitol. time for our must-read op-ed. this morning, "the wall street jourl." "it's always the economy, stupid. what mr. oma won say i t nancial crisis resulted from the implosion of a housing market transformed into a toxic landfill by congress, regulators, fannie, fredd and mortgage packagers. the bush policy was a bystander. also left unsaid by mr. obama but free for the telling by mr. romney is that as the u.s. unemployment...
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states. michael isikoff reported on the extent the republican firm was willing to go to. >> there are reports of these irregularities growing throughout the state. as of last night we had six counties reporting irregularities in voter registration forms from this firm, including, according to paul luxe, a republican supervisor, registering of dead people. >> dead people? if you remember, registering dead people has been a republican talking point for a while. they claim it's been done by democrats. >> there are over 900 individuals who had died before the election and at least 600 of those individuals had died way outside the window that an absentee ballot could have been sent. so we know for a fact that there are deceased people whose identities are being used in elections in south carolina. >> the republican attorney general said dead voters in south carolina were a fact. but an investigation by the state election commission showed no evidence of voter fraud. the commission said its review
states. michael isikoff reported on the extent the republican firm was willing to go to. >> there are reports of these irregularities growing throughout the state. as of last night we had six counties reporting irregularities in voter registration forms from this firm, including, according to paul luxe, a republican supervisor, registering of dead people. >> dead people? if you remember, registering dead people has been a republican talking point for a while. they claim it's been...
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td t inese people back to work and so has the president of the united states. when president obama tried to sell his jobs bill last year over the refusal of the republican congress, he talked about the kinds of people who would get those kinds of jobs. >> it'a bill that would put pe btok,uig america. repairing our roads, repairing our bridges, repairing our schools. it would lead to jobs for concrete workers like the ones here at hilltop, jobs for construction workers and masons, en, trns engineers, ironworkers. put folks back to work. >> mike roweaid part of the problem was training. and training.d on opportunity ovndver,hat's at hear, we need more opportunity and we need better training. >> once again, there is a candidate who believes in job training, who understands we need morvocational training. >> one of the, i bve, mistakes we've made 20, 30 years ago was to start de-emphasizes vocational education. right now we've got shortages of folks in fields that need technical training, but don't necessarily require a four-yr college degree. >> mr. rowe went on t
td t inese people back to work and so has the president of the united states. when president obama tried to sell his jobs bill last year over the refusal of the republican congress, he talked about the kinds of people who would get those kinds of jobs. >> it'a bill that would put pe btok,uig america. repairing our roads, repairing our bridges, repairing our schools. it would lead to jobs for concrete workers like the ones here at hilltop, jobs for construction workers and masons, en, trns...
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was the president born in the united states? unounstie to be born here to be president. ohio republican primary voters, people who voted already this year, 37% don't think barack obama was born here. just 2 in 5 say the president was american born and, therefore, a legitimate president. when you ask the president's religion, this gets scary. a majority of all voters don't take him at his word. just 49%. rin,ch is what he saysy he's he is. and 30% of republicans and 34% of conservative republicans say obama is a muslim. simple as that. now, here's the point, these bad numbers, saying it twice wrong, eye yrs ago.' twi what when he came in people took him at face value. this guy is what he says he is. i'm american born, obviously. i got a whole history, it was announced when i was born in honolulu, in all the papers there, and i am what i am, a christian. i go to this church that caused him a lot of trouble. do we remember that? went to a church, jeremiah wright's church at got him in all the oue. so hwengedrom that, anger about his church with wright and acceptance of an a
was the president born in the united states? unounstie to be born here to be president. ohio republican primary voters, people who voted already this year, 37% don't think barack obama was born here. just 2 in 5 say the president was american born and, therefore, a legitimate president. when you ask the president's religion, this gets scary. a majority of all voters don't take him at his word. just 49%. rin,ch is what he saysy he's he is. and 30% of republicans and 34% of conservative...
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imagine the united states, if they had done -- what macho would have said. everybody, like the boston massacre, just mow down everybody trying to cross the embassy walls, just kill them all. >> right. >> what's sad, also, is that we're actually paying any attention to sarah palin. let's be clear here, sarah palin's constituency are people who wear red rubber noses and bells on their shoes. but what's noteworthy here is that sarah palin speaks for, what, maybe half of the republican party. and as joan mentioned, she sounds -- and if she and mitt romney sound just alike right now. >> well, you just said two different things, ron, my friend. you said that she doesn't speak for anybody. then -- or she doesn't have a constituency, and then you said she speaks for half the party. >> no, no, no. i'm saying we shouldn't pay attention to her because her constituency are ignorant and foolish people, but ignorant and foolish people make up about half of the republican party right now. that's what i'm saying. and that's the only thing noteworthy about what she's doing.
imagine the united states, if they had done -- what macho would have said. everybody, like the boston massacre, just mow down everybody trying to cross the embassy walls, just kill them all. >> right. >> what's sad, also, is that we're actually paying any attention to sarah palin. let's be clear here, sarah palin's constituency are people who wear red rubber noses and bells on their shoes. but what's noteworthy here is that sarah palin speaks for, what, maybe half of the republican...
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states. they make up a whopping 126 electoral votes. given this, it's perhaps totally not that surprising at all that president obama has been campaigning in new hampshire, iowa and florida since friday. in the same period, governor romney has hit iowa, new hampshire, virginia and travels to ohio today. as a backgrounder, in 2008, president obama won all of these states in contention. this year, polling in key tossup states is making the romney campaign very, very nervous, especially in ohio. leading up to the conventions, president obama held a six-point lead in the state. but the romney campaign tells politico their internal polling since then has shown as much as a nine-point gap in the buckeye state. this comes as voters in many key swing states are already heading to the polls or will be shortly. early voelgts in north carolina began by mail-in ballot last thursday. late next week early voting begins in wisconsin, michigan, new hampshire and virginia. ballot boxes open in iowa the week a
states. they make up a whopping 126 electoral votes. given this, it's perhaps totally not that surprising at all that president obama has been campaigning in new hampshire, iowa and florida since friday. in the same period, governor romney has hit iowa, new hampshire, virginia and travels to ohio today. as a backgrounder, in 2008, president obama won all of these states in contention. this year, polling in key tossup states is making the romney campaign very, very nervous, especially in ohio....
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states capitol. atfr brit a check onou >> morning. a little sad this morning. just been such a beautiful september, we've been spoiled. sunshine and dry. low humidity. and now the rain is returning. and it looks like a lot of the cloudsill connuehto e upcoming weekend. people start getting the pull continues and apples and a lot of those fun things will have to dodge raindrops. as far as this morning right now in cleveland, rain moving in fp interstate 80 heading towds youngsto,ain fyou. it won't last that long, but definitely bring the umbrella. many other areas of rain through the ohio valley, too. down around areas around cincinnati and lexington, ao dealing with wet weather. so as far as the forecast goes, it won't rain all day. pe'lr sa le off per o . down through maryland and delaware, some showers have raced overnight through new england. the next shot of rain will probably be later today through areas of new york and d.c., more for the eveningide home than this morning. but a lot of clouds ou
states capitol. atfr brit a check onou >> morning. a little sad this morning. just been such a beautiful september, we've been spoiled. sunshine and dry. low humidity. and now the rain is returning. and it looks like a lot of the cloudsill connuehto e upcoming weekend. people start getting the pull continues and apples and a lot of those fun things will have to dodge raindrops. as far as this morning right now in cleveland, rain moving in fp interstate 80 heading towds youngsto,ain fyou....
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we've got a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. i've got a very effective campaign. it's doing a very good job. but not everything i say is elegant, and i want to make it very clear, i want to help 100% of the american people. >> in back-to-back interviews on "60 minutes," both candidates laid out their vision and admitted mistakes. romney said he spoke inelegantly. the president admitting he hadn't changed the culture in washington. >> i'm the first one to confess that the spirit that i brought to washington, that i wanted to see instituted where we weren't constantly in a political slugfest but were focused more on problem solving, you know, i haven't fully accomplished that. >> here's the brand-new politico/george washington university battleground poll. the president has a slight lead over romney, and barring a major event, the window may be closing for romney to make inroads in those key battleground states. let me bring in real politics reporter erin pike and politico's alexander burns. good morning to both of you. erin, not
we've got a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. i've got a very effective campaign. it's doing a very good job. but not everything i say is elegant, and i want to make it very clear, i want to help 100% of the american people. >> in back-to-back interviews on "60 minutes," both candidates laid out their vision and admitted mistakes. romney said he spoke inelegantly. the president admitting he hadn't changed the culture in washington. >>...
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in the united states. shari'a laws, which never emerged. if you were to ask me, somebody who studies the muslim world and the arab world what is the content of these laws, they really don't exist. >> so let me ask you one last piece on this. the democratic party, and president obama's re-election campaign, very much making the death of osama bin laden a central foreign policy achievement. americans would agree with, i also -- also always have just a little bit of a like -- is there any way which that continues to make us think that muslims are, in fact, our enemy? >> let's make the death of hate in america our most important achievement as a nation. the most american thing you can do is stand up for the dignity of somebody else, and i'm so proud that muslim americans are praying and standing with sikh americans. i'm so proud that we're a nation that recognizes although there are people we're preaching we are better apart or better divided. we know we are better together and we have to build that country. >
in the united states. shari'a laws, which never emerged. if you were to ask me, somebody who studies the muslim world and the arab world what is the content of these laws, they really don't exist. >> so let me ask you one last piece on this. the democratic party, and president obama's re-election campaign, very much making the death of osama bin laden a central foreign policy achievement. americans would agree with, i also -- also always have just a little bit of a like -- is there any...
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have tried. >> they have been very united in pushing this throughout states dtlenshere ry, and the0 republicans really walked into a lot of state legislatures, combined with tir partners at the american legislative exchange council who drafted thisodel legislation and pushed it nationwide, it s been sadly, sadly v was to tighten down to a narrow margin, these laws literally could make the difference. >> what is silly to this, just to will be rate, if you're putting so much effort into passing this law, why not focus on the electoral math on the states y need to win. that is will move the needle there. focus there and maybe you have a better shot. >> they're not listening and mr. romney is down 12 points in pennsylvania. krystal ball, lilia inna. next, he drove a wiener mee biel. now paul ryan may be driving team romney off a cliff. stay with us. >> and take a look at this. one of the six oscar maier winner mobiles crashed into a house yestda [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin desi
have tried. >> they have been very united in pushing this throughout states dtlenshere ry, and the0 republicans really walked into a lot of state legislatures, combined with tir partners at the american legislative exchange council who drafted thisodel legislation and pushed it nationwide, it s been sadly, sadly v was to tighten down to a narrow margin, these laws literally could make the difference. >> what is silly to this, just to will be rate, if you're putting so much effort...